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Loon Lake August 14 - 21, 2021
Loon Lake area was smoky
The loon from 6 years ago was gone. Probably flew the coop to Duck Lake
I hadn't been anywhere except the property at Kennedy Meadows since January. Had five nights reserved at Loon Lake with Barry, Joe and James. They evacuated the campground after three. Tuesday morning we were wondering where the ash was coming from. It turned out the Caldor Fire started the day before we got there. They were evacuating Pollock Pines so when we left I went down to Georgetown, over to Auburn and down I80 instead of going near highway 50 and Placerville. I ended up in Vallejo for a night then back to Kennedy Meadows. Drove 950 miles and 3 out of 8 days ended up working on the property again.
Barry	Joe, his son James and James' dog Diamond
No fires were allowed. The lake was much higher than I expected. Union Valley into which it feeds after Gerle Creek Reservoir was very low.
The Tamarack Fire Markleville area
Roadside damage from the Tamarack Fire near Markleville
Thank You signs for the fire fighters
I spent the first night near Conway Summit above Mono Lake. The next day I drove to Loon Lake via Monitor Pass and through Myers and down US50 to Wright's Lake Road to get into the Crystal Basin.
Stumpy Meadows Reservoir
The road to Georgetown went by Stumpy Meadows. The lake was low and fire had ravaged the area some years ago. I wondered if they had seeded the new pines that were growing.
Kennedy Meadows
Kennedy Peak was barely visible from Grumpy Bears, the day I went home to Ridgecrest. The peak is about a mile away.
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